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How to pronounce border
Say it like this: /ˈbɔə.də/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does border mean?
nounThe line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions.
“The border between Canada and USA is the longest in the world.”
The outer edge of something.
“the borders of the garden”
A decorative strip around the edge of something.
“a solid border around a table of figures”
verbTo put a border on something.
To form a border around; to bound.
To lie on, or adjacent to, a border of.
“Denmark borders Germany to the south.”
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